This is an analysis of the poem My Picture Left In Scotland that begins with:

I now think love is rather deaf, than blind,
For else it could not be,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbacccbb deeddffd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010111 110110 11 1101111111 111101 01110111 1100101 01001101 110101 1101100101 111101 111101 111111 110011 1101100 1111111001 110101111 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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